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Julia Ward Howe Quotes - Page 3

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All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup.

All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup.

Julia Ward Howe
Sugar, Cups, Bottom

Many a woman will pass for elegant in a ballroom, or even at a court drawing room, whose want of true breeding would become evident in a chosen company.

Julia Ward Howe
Drawing, Rooms, Want
Julia Ward Howe (1880). “Modern Society”

The reason why education is usually so poor among women of fashion is, that it is not needed for the life which they elect to lead.

Julia Ward Howe
Education, Fashion, Reason Why

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

Julia Ward Howe
Massachusetts, Conventions, Old Time

He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave, He is wisdom to the mighty, he is succour to the brave, So the world shall be his footstool, and the soul of Time his slave, Our God is marching on.

Julia Ward Howe
Morning, Marching On, Brave
Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn Of The Republic”

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
 all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.

Julia Ward Howe
Taken, Son, Charity
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Julia Ward Howe, Maud Howe Elliott, Florence Marion Howe Hall (1970). “Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910”

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me; As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.

Julia Ward Howe
Freedom, Men, Sea
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" l. 25 (1862)

I was born 'neath a clouded star.

Julia Ward Howe
Stars, Born, Clouded
Julia Ward Howe (1854). “Passion-flowers”, p.2

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.

Julia Ward Howe
God, War, Eye
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" l. 1 (1862)

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

Julia Ward Howe
Oasis, Boston, People
Julia Ward Howe (2004). “The Hermaphrodite”, p.21, U of Nebraska Press

It has been strange to me to return to life and to feel that I have any sympathy with human beings, after the long interval of quiet and indifference which succeeded my marriage.

Julia Ward Howe
Long, Return, Strange

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